Cutting in

Cutting in is a process, in dancing, by which a person interrupts two dance partners and claims the partner of one.[1] As traditionally portrayed in Hollywood films, men are more likely to cut in than women.

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^ WALES AT AMERICAN DANCE.; " Cut In " Like Other Officers -- Treated as Army Captain., NY Times, January 14, 1919

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